GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| engaging | tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive |
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| overweening | arrogant |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |